JAKARTA, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, who was sacked as Indonesia’s finance minister this week, said on Tuesday he was upset to be removed from his job, but was half expecting the decision.
The United Nations lists Indonesia as the fourth most populous country in 2026. At 288 million residents, it follows India (1.46 billion), China (1.41 billion), and the United States (345 million).
Indonesia has made remarkable progress and is now an upper-middle-income economy since 2023. It rose from the world’s 29th largest economy in 1968 to the 16th in 2024. Economic growth delivered jobs and poverty reduction. From 2000 to 2024, unemployment fell from 9 to 5 percent, and poverty fell from 19 to 9 percent. But…
